1991 Big Ten baseball tournament

The 1991 Big Ten Conference baseball tournament was held at Trautman Field on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, from May 15 through 19. The top four teams from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament, the eleventh annual tournament sponsored by the Big Ten Conference to determine the league champion. Ohio State won their first tournament championship and earned the Big Ten Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[3]

1991 Big Ten Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOhio State (1st title)
Winning coachBob Todd (1st title)
MVPKeith Klodnick (Ohio State)
1991 Big Ten Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Ohio State  ‍y 20 8   .714 53 13   .803
Minnesota  ‍‍‍y 18 10   .643 37 27   .578
Indiana  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 38 23   .623
Northwestern  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 27 28   .491
Michigan  ‍‍‍ 15 13   .536 34 23   .596
Purdue  ‍‍‍ 14 14   .500 35 21   .625
Illinois  ‍‍‍ 13 15   .464 26 30   .464
Michigan State  ‍‍‍ 12 16   .429 28 25   .528
Iowa  ‍‍‍ 11 17   .393 26 28   .481
Wisconsin  ‍‍‍ 6 22   .214 16 36   .308
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1991[1][2]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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The 1991 tournament was a 4-team double-elimination tournament, with seeds determined by conference regular season winning percentage only. Indiana claimed the third seed and Northwestern earned the fourth seed by tiebreakers over Michigan.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Ohio State 20 8 .714
1
Minnesota 18 10 .643
2
2
Indiana 15 12 .554
4.5
3
Northwestern 15 12 .554
4.5
4
Michigan 15 13 .554
4.5
Purdue 14 14 .500
6
Illinois 13 15 .464
7
Michigan State 12 16 .429
8
Iowa 11 17 .393
9
Wisconsin 6 22 .214
14

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Ohio State10
4Northwestern9
1Ohio State15
2Minnesota5
2Minnesota15
3Indiana11
1Ohio State3
2Minnesota2
Lower round 1Lower final
3Minnesota7
4Northwestern104Northwestern5
3Indiana6

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Pos Name School
P Tim Smith Ohio State
P Tom Schwarber Ohio State
C Joe Perona Northwestern
1B Jeff Monson Minnesota
2B Jeff Anderson Ohio State
SS Brent Gates Minnesota
3B Jamie Taylor Ohio State
OF Jeff Kopfer Minnesota
OF Darren Schwankl Minnesota
OF Mike Stein Northwestern
OF Keith Klodnick Ohio State
DH Tom Sandt Northwestern

Most Outstanding Player

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Keith Klodnick was named Most Outstanding Player. Klodnick was an outfielder for Ohio State.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. p. 101. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  2. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1991". Boyd's World. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d 2012 Big Ten Baseball Record Book (PDF). Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 28, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.